Here's the scheme: On Dec. 1, the men entered the business and allegedly flashed badges while asking to review the spa's license. They also asked to see the spa's money.
The spa worker refused. The two reportedly grabbed her arm and fled. (It wasn't clear from the NYPD if the men kept her arm.) They tried this stunt again on Dec. 12 at a spa on St. Nicholas Avenue.
Police say the suspects are 6-foot black males in their 30s. One of the suspects was caught on video wearing a Yankees baseball cap with a light blue jacket and blue jeans. The other had on a light blue hat with a dark jacket and dark pants.
If you have any information about this, then please Tweet about it. Or write a jokey blog post about it. Then call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
There's also surveillance video via the Daily News ...
8 comments:
If beer piss puddles are waterfronts, then yeah, the spa is on a waterfront.
Suspect #2 aint no Black man. I'm a lot blacker than he is
Has anyone been to either of these "spas"? Sounds like they were impersonating cops shaking down rub & tug joints.
It's nice that they coordinate their outfits with the complementary blues and blacks. Looks much better on camera.
To be fair, 2nd Street is practically a Great Lake, with the bookended sewers at 1st and 2nd Avenue constantly overflowed. And dare I mention the IAI? (Icicle Audi Incident).
Then we should mark up the price on this waterfront property.
Ben!
can anyone help in remembering the amazing ol' man coke bar that was two doors down 2nd Street off 1st Ave? Frankie's? Tiny bar, all black door, a thousand TV's going all at once, er, uh, "packages" in tiny black paper squares? looking at all the EV 1997 history photos made me think of it.
To be fair, cops often ask to see an establishment's cash reserves along with its license. This is just good police work.
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